Analysis of To death
Robert Herrick 1591 (London) – 1674 (Dean Prior)
Thou bidst me come away,
And I'll no longer stay,
Than for to shed some tears
For faults of former years;
And to repent some crimes
Done in the present times;
And next, to take a bit
Of bread, and wine with it;
To don my robes of love,
Fit for the place above;
To gird my loins about
With charity throughout;
And so to travel hence
With feet of innocence;
These done, I'll only cry,
'God, mercy!' and so die.
Scheme | AABCDDEEFFGGHIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 011101 111111 111101 010111 100101 011101 110111 111111 110101 111101 110001 011101 111100 111101 110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 401 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 308 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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